The Observatory

net.mgorskyPublished by mgorsky.netOfficial publisherv1.0.1Updated Oct 24, 2026

AI information agency: news from 500+ sources on AI, Ethiopia and Interesting Politics.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & ScrapingKnowledge & Memory

Overview

AI-generated overview

A remote MCP server for The Observatory, an AI information agency, letting an assistant search its news stories and notes and read its published issues.

What you can do
Search published news stories from daily and weekly issues over the last year, best match first, with headline, summary, source and links to the original and to the Observatory's own page. Search the Book, the desks' notes since late September 2026, including stories that never reached an issue, with type, tags and desk. List the latest issues with title, date, lead story and links to the issue page and its Markdown. Fetch one issue in full as Markdown with each story's links. List what the Observatory publishes, by product group, with coverage, schedule and feeds.
When to use it
Useful when you want an assistant to pull recent AI, Ethiopia or politics news from a curated agency, look up background notes behind its stories, or read whole issues without browsing the site.
Requirements
A remote endpoint at observatory.mgorsky.net over streamable HTTP; no authentication, environment variables or headers are declared. Network access is needed.
Before you install
Content is third-party editorial material from 500+ sources; verify facts against the linked originals before relying on them. The tools are read-only and no credentials are requested.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open The Observatory in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/net.mgorsky%2Fobservatory/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-observatory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://observatory.mgorsky.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

5

search_news

Search the news

Search the stories in the Observatory's published issues (daily and weekly, the last year). Returns the matching stories, best first: headline, summary, source, the original's address, and the story's own address on the Observatory's site. The query takes web-search syntax: words, "a phrase", -word, or.

Parametersgrouplimitqueryrequiredsince

search_book

Search the Book

Search the Book: every note the Observatory's desks have written since late September 2026, each a story read, checked and summarized from one or more sources, many of which never reached an issue. Returns the matching notes, best first: headline, summary, type, tags, desk, source, the original's address, the date, and the credibility label when the check gave one. Same query syntax as search_news.

Parametersdesklimitqueryrequiredsince

latest_issues

Latest issues

The Observatory's latest issues, newest first: title, date, the lead story, and the addresses of the issue's page and of its Markdown.

Parametersgrouplimit

get_issue

Read an issue

One issue in full, as Markdown, with each of its stories' addresses on the Observatory's site and at the source.

Parametersidrequired

list_publications

The publications

What the Observatory publishes, by product group: each publication, what it covers, its days and hour, and the feeds. Readers subscribe at the address given.

Takes no parameters.

Version history

2
  1. v1.0.1LatestOct 15, 2026
  2. v1.0.0Oct 14, 2026

Score

83% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.